Episode Details

We name the fears that quietly run our lives and ask what we are afraid to lose, because that fear can become a chain someone else can pull. We explore how Jesus moves us from anxiety to freedom by teaching a different kind of fear rooted in love, trust, and God’s close attention to our lives. 
• the idea that fear reveals what we think we cannot lose 
• why “do not be afraid” is repeated because fear is persistent 
• the apparent Gospel contradiction of fearing no one while fearing God 
• Saint Thomas Aquinas on servile fear versus filial fear 
• how fear shrinks the soul and pushes compromise and silence 
• Jeremiah as a model of courage alongside real fear 
• why tyrants fail to control people who fear God more than the state 
• Jesus’ answer to anxiety through the image of the sparrow 
• perfect love casting out fear through being known and loved by the Father 
Bring it to the altar today when you receive Jesus in the Eucharist. Place it in his hands.

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